Reports indicate that the following was taped Tuesday night for the episode of SmackDown that is set to air this Thursday from Louisiana as the company counts down to the Royal Rumble on Jan. 25 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

Predicting Four Matches That Could Be Added To Royal Rumble Card

In the main event of the evening, the returning Daniel Bryan teamed up with Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns and overcame Kane, Big Show and Seth Rollins in a six-man tag team match.

Bryan had clashed one-one-one with Kane earlier in the night after opening up the show with an interview with Byron Saxton.

Evaluating Royal Rumble Odds For Participants In 30-Man Match

Bryan won by DQ after J&J Security hit the ring. The Big Show and Rollins then came in to attack Bryan, but "The Beard" retreated and Reigns and Ambrose came out to make the save. Triple H then entered to announce the main event.

In other action, Bad News Barrett retained the Intercontinental Championship in a match with Sin Cara while Damien Sandow, The Miz and Alicia Fox defeated Naomi and The Usos in a six-person inter-gender tag team match.

Paul Heyman had a segment in which he spoke about the events on RAW and was interrupted by a heated Rollins. Rollins said he wanted to cash-in his briefcase, but Lesnar wasn't at SmackDown. The two then teased working together at the Royal Rumble.

Elsewhere the Divas mixed it up as Natalya defeated Nikki Bella in a non-title match.

This episode of SmackDown continued to build toward the Royal Rumble.

Quick Match Results:
--Daniel Bryan def. Kane via DQ.
--Damien Sandow, The Miz and Alicia Fox def. Naomi and The Usos.
--Natalya def. Nikki Bella in a non-title match.
--Bad News Barrett def. Sin Cara to retain the Intercontinental Championship.
--Dean Ambrose, Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns def. The Big Show, Kane and Seth Rollins in a six-man tag team match.

This episode takes place 10 nights before the Royal Rumble and here is the card thus far:

30-man over-the-top-rope Royal Rumble Match to determine the No. 1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 31:
Participants: Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan, Rusev, Bray Wyatt, Dean Ambrose, Bad News Barrett and 24 others.

WWE World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat Match:
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. John Cena vs. Seth Rollins

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